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Welcome to the Office of Personnel Management's
retirement information and services website.
This life events video is designed to give you and
your family important information about how you
can manage your retire benefits and what you can
do when life events occur.
required to notify OPM in the event of the
benefits' recipients' death.
All payments received from OPM after the annuitants
date of death, must be returned to the US Department
of Treasury.
If payments are made by check, write the annuitants
date of death on the check and return the check
to the department of Treasury
address on the envelope.
If payments are made by electronic deposit, inform
the financial institution of the death.
Once we have been notified of the death, we will need
a copy of the death certificate.
We will contact the family members or representative
with further instructions on how to proceed if there is
a benefit payable.
OPM's retirement services program can be contacted
by email at retire@opm.gov or by telephone
at 1-888-767-6738.
By TTY at 1-800-878-5707.
The hours of operation are 7:30 A.M.
til 7:45 P.M. eastern time.
For more information on this subject and other
related topics, please visit our website at
OPM.gov/retire and select the life events banner on
the main page.
Thanks for visiting the retirement information
and services website.
Visit us often for important information that
will keep you in the know.
Be sure to report changes and life events that may
affect your annuity.
Reporting these events will help ensure your
monthly annuity amount is accurate.
Notify OPM of these events in a timely manner will
help prevent both overpayments and
underpayments to your account.
Overpayments can result in you owing a debt for which we
will have to collect.
These things will help us help you enjoy the
carefree and problem free retirement that you worked for.
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